ICenter Education

Crystals

The Instrumentation Center offers various outreach programs designed for a large range
of students. This includes grade school, high school and even home schooled students.
We open our doors to the future scientists in our community who are intrigued by the
instrumentation and research occurring here at UT. Students may participate in a variety
of outreach programs or events by submitting a request to Dr. Kristin Kirschbaum.
We currently have several active outreach programs including the following.

CRYSTALS - is a program geared to teaching students about crystallography, and providing
hands-on experience with data collection and analysis of small molecules. This program
is a great way to introduce students to the growing field of crystallography, and
has resulted in several publications for high school students thus far. Participation
in CRYSTALS has provided many of our students with the knowledge and confidence to
pursue degrees in science and engineering.